Sometimes changes creep
up on us. Will humans evolve into cyborgs? Well, if you think about
how much you do through your smartphone, and how you rely on it to communicate
(without speech, in general), and to make things happen in your life,
then perhaps much of the transition to cyborg is already behind us and
we just need the final touches to the interface (chip in the brain etc.).
And what about the way we interact with the internet to get the goods
we want? It is argued here that the internet-based marketplace is evolving
(and AI will accelerate this) into a reactive entity where the needs
and desires of people actively and rapidly affect what is offered, even
what is made. Suggestive of the merging of the human mind (or minds)
with computers. It makes one wonder – where do the boundaries lie?
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Paul Holister